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JEEP HISTORY 9A Jeep By Any Other Name ...Sometime after Willys-Overland began production of this all-purpose military vehicle, the name Jeepcame on board. At first, the vehicle was designated the MA, and later in 1941 the MB. The name Jeepbecame synonymous with it at that time and soon became a household word. Although no one reallyknows the name’s true origin for certain, everyone has a favorite theory.Some say the Jeep name came from the slurring of the acronym G.P. which was a Ford engineeringterm, “G’ for a government contract vehicle, “P’ for 80-inch wheelbase reconnaissance car. Anotherexplanation is that the name was used in Oklahoma as early as 1934. to designate a truck equipped withspecial equipment for drilling oil wells. Others claim the vehicle was called a Jeep in reference to thecharacter “Eugene the Jeep” in the 1936 Popeye comic strip by E.C. Edgar. Eugene the Jeep was asmall, impish looking animal that had the power to travel back and forth between dimensions and couldsolve all sorts of problems. Yet another version is that Irving “Red” Haussman, a Willys-Overland testdriver who tested the first pilot model picked up the Jeep name that some soldiers at Camp Holabirdhad been using. Shortly thereafter, Red gave a demonstration ride to a group of dignitaries inWashington, D.C. Among the group was Katherine Hillyer, a reporter for the Washington Daily Newswho wrote an article about the vehicle that was published in February, 1941 with the photo captionheadline, “Jeep Creeps Up Capitol Steps.” This was perhaps the first reference to the vehicles’ Jeepname by the media. In 1950, Willys-Overland obtained a U.S. Trademark Registration for the Jeeptrademark. There are currently over 1,100 registratlions for the Jeep@ trademark throughout the world.From their inception, Jeep vehicles have captured I he attention and admiration of people everywhere.They served their country in the war in Europe and the Pacific, helping to defeat the Axis powers andbring peace to the world. The strength and durability of the Jeep was soon realized. War correspondentErnie Pyle characterized the Jeep vehicle in this way. “I don’t think we could continue ... without the Jeep.It’s as faithful as a dog, as strong as a mule and agile as a goat. It constantly carries twice what it wasdesigned for and still keeps going.” Jeep vehicles were used by every division of the U.S. military, andlarge numbers were also shipped to the Allied Forces of Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.Jeep vehicles became a vital part of all action on land. They were used to lay telephone communications,to transport the wounded, and as taxis to carry battle commanders, generals, prime ministers andpresidents. They were crated and freighted, broken down and built-up, modified, converted and movedabout by sea, rail, road and air. Transport crews could load a complete Jeep vehicle into a C-47 cargoplane to be easily and rapidly deployed on the front lines where they were needed most.Willys-Overland MB